Rules

Leonidas → Constantine → <new name>? Constantine is a <blank>, and so is <new name>.

The link between Leonidas and Constantine was "both are townships in St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA." The link between Constantine and the new name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.

General links automatically rejected General links such as "is a word" or "is a location", while technically within the scope of the rules, will most certainly be rejected by the Fedora Board. Remember, the goal is to come up with a creative link to Constantine. The following links will also likely be rejected:

Movie

Comic book character

Please try to find a truly original and obscure link!

Naming Schedule

Name collection: November 10 to November 16

List to Fedora Board: November 16 to November 21

Legal Review of Board approved names: November 21 to November 28

Community vote on final name: November 28 to December 4

Name announced: December 5, 2009

Name Suggestions

Please read carefully. The instructions below will help prevent some suggestions from being eliminated early.

How to use this table

Come up with a name idea. Put the name in the first column.

Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test. You must be able to truthfully complete the sentence "Constantine is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Leonidas to Constantine, nor any other previous link. Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "type of chemical reaction," "deep-sea organism."

Don't choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.

Don't choose very general names or unclear links.

Do choose obscure links to interesting things, which makes for a better name.

Do avoid all previous links wherever possible.

Do make sure there are at least a couple of ways to link out of the new name to the next name -- and they must be unique too!

Use Google to search for possible trademark collisions. First search for the term itself along with "+software", and then broaden your search to include "+computer", "+hardware", "+technology", "+IT", and so on. Do not skimp on this step.

If you find a collision, it is best to find another name. Names that cause collisions will be eliminated by Red Hat's Legal department and thus waste their time, which is a valuable commodity for Fedora. Help us maximize their effectiveness by weeding out names that are trademarks of other entities, especially those in the IT industry.

If the collision is outside the IT/computing market, you can still submit the name but you should note the collision in the "Tested" column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.

If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Tested" column.

Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.

Suggestion Table

Name

"Is a..."

Tested

Initial Approval

Themeable

Board Approved

Legal Approved

Burton

Constantine the African translated several important books and documents in his time. And so is Sir Richard Burton, a translator, who gave us the english versons of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night and The Perfumed Garden

Yes. There is a Burton Snowboards and a Burtons clothing store in the UK, but no tech collision except for a chemical process known as the Burton Process

Yes: history, geography, vegetation, chemistry, and sports.

Viktoria / Victoria

Constantine (The Trickster) is a character from Thief game, and so is Viktoria.

Also known as Xerxes the Great, king of ancient Persia. Moreover the board computer from System Shock 2 game.

History

Botany

Constantine is a bay in the UK, and so is Botany (in Australia), It is also the science of plants

Yes

Yes (plants)

Coliseo

in Spanish, means Colosseum, a monument in Rome. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, symbol of the greatness. Both Constantine and Coliseo are monument in Rome.

Maximus

Magnus Maximus was a usurper in the Western Roman Empire, elevated by Gerontius, a general of Constantine III and his military governor of Spain.

Temüjin

Birth name of the founder, Khan (ruler) and Khagan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history... He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia.

Agnon (Agnomon)

Constantine is an ancient king who conducted his people into Asia Minor, and so is Agnon (Agnon was a tribal patriarch in the Scythian/Milesian bloodline that Constantine descends from, the race of Fenius)

Celtic & Byzantine; myth & legend

Hellsten

(Constantine,Hellsten) is a hotel in (Istanbul,Stockholm)

Yes

Monterey

Constantine is a bay, and so is Monterey

Yes, no conflict

Yes

Amanjena

(Constantine,Amanjena) is a hotel in (Istanbul,Marrakech) Amanjena is at the 12 km marker. 12+1 = 13

Yes

Keating

name of a figure involved in a prominent American political scandal (Keating Five, Eliot Spitzer)

Constantine is 4th Century Christian Figure, so is Eusibius. (Eusibius was Constantine's Historian)

Yes, only personal programmers with first or last names of Eusebius

Sinaiticus

Constantine is a 4th Century Christian object, so is the Codex Sinaiticus. (Some believe the Codex Sinataitus was one of 50 bibles ordered by Constantine to be produced). Future connections: Codex Sinaiticus is an ancient parchment document. Codex Sinaiticus is a book/document in the British Library/Russian National Library/Leipiz University Library/St Catherine's Monastary.

Constantine is a superhero created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Blue Bolt is a Superhero in the public domain. Blue Bolt was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Bolt

BAM CRASH POW

Nemo

Constantine is a character created in part by Alan Moore. Alan Moore used Captain Nemo in his Extraordinary Gentleman series. (characters in public domain)

Ozymandias

Constantine is a character created in part by Alan Moore. Alan Moore used Ozymandias in his Watchmen series. Also a poem.

Lucky

Constantine is a vendor of woodworking tools [2], so is Lucky [3]. Contrarian take on 13.

Lots of parked pages for google 'lucky computer' - a vendor called "My Lucky Computer" appears to exist in Texas

Constantine Beskov was a famous Russian football player. Stanley Matthews was famous UK football player. They played together during the first tour of a Soviet club to the West (Dynamo Moscow - Arsenal, Britain, 1945).

Football, sports

Photios

(Saint) Constantine studied at the University of Constantinople as did Saint Photios

Karius

Constantine (Valley) is an undersea feature just north east of Amchitka island, south west of Alaska. Karius Canyon is also an undersea feature just south west of the Amchitka Island.

Yes, no conflicts

Water, Ice, Depth, Marine, Arctic

Loana

Constantine is a sobriquet of an African dynastic ruler (descendant of Solomon and Sheba - real name Zara Yakob[18]) as is Loana (Ever Youthful Rain Queen - real name Modjadji[19])

Yes, only references to Umberto Eco's book

Rain

Katherine

Princess Katherine was the child of King Constantine I of Greece. [20]

General Nikias was a general in ancient Athens during the Peloponnesian War and drove the peace process with King Leonidas of Sparta. King Constantine was the last emperor of ancient Greece as we know it. The name means victorious. [22]

Constantine is the name of a movie staring Keanu Reeves, and so is The Matrix.

Hermione

John Constantine is a fictional British wizard, and so is Hermione Granger.

Yes

Wizardry, Magic

Ashurbanipal

Constantine is a king, and emperor, and so is Ashurbanipal, who has created the world very first ancient library in Assyria.

Yes

Yes, library hall, similarly as an sanctuary - with in the middle the statue of the king [30]

Azaña

Constantine II was an European chief of state (the last King of Greece) ousted by a fascistic dictatorship. So was Manuel Azaña, last President of the Spanish Republic, ousted by Franco.

Yes

Alexandrine

Alexandrine, Queen of Denmark, and Constantine I, king of Greece, was grand commanders of the Danish chivalric Order of the Dannebrog [31]

Yes, no problems found

Apostate

Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian, Julian the Apostate was born at Constantinople in 331. His father was Julius Constantius, half-brother of the rome emperor Constantine through Constantius Chlorus. Was Roman Emperor (Caesar, November 355 to February 360; Augustus, February 360 to June 363), last of the Constantinian dynasty. Julian was a man of "unusually complex character": he was "the military commander, the theosophist, the social reformer, and the man of letters"

Yes, no problems found

Penguin

Constantine was an emperor, emperor is a type of penguin. Also Kevin Constantine was a coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins

Yes, possible conflict with [32] although it seems no trademark was ever registered.

Tux, Antartica, Everything Linux!

Dominic

is a saint as is Constantine, and is the patron saint of civil engineering

Yes, none found

civil engineering

Dryden

is a translator as is Constantine. He was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright.

Yes, no conflicts found

written word

Eustathios / Eustathius

is a (greek) name meaning steadfast, so is Constantine (in latin) [33]

Constantine as a hiostoric person has a relation to Gabriel Gabriel believes that by bringing Hell, humans have a chance to prove themselves worthy of God's love through true repentence and faith. Gabriel also support Constantine.

Yes, from this book can be other compendiums or collected works (Grey as in Grey's Anatomy, Rick as in Rick Steves' Europe, etc.) or concepts such as the Hippocratic Oath, medieval medicine, or people like Solomon, Galen, etc.)

Hellblazer

Comic book and Graphic Novel series. Its central character is the streetwise magician John Constantine.

Spear of Longinus, who appears in the movie constantine, and is a sacred spear that pierced the body of Jesus, The myth is that lance is a sacred relic and possesses a power that is not entirely clear, but you can use it who holds, either for good or for evil. One character that had most fascinated by the spear was Hitler, who did his utmost to get it and did it, we can not say that Hitler launches helped them achieve their goals, but it is certain that had and knew a lot about the history of this. They say that the former owners of the spear as Charlemagne or Barbarossa had a purpose similar to part with her, seems like a curse, when the owner moves away from the spear, this dies.

Chrysopolis is known as the city where the final battle between Licinius and Constantine took place, ending in comprehensive defeat for Licinius, who abdicated his throne, leaving Constantine to become Emperor of Rome.

[38] 'Choralis Constantinus' are songs of the Flemish Renaissance composed by Heinrich Isaac who also composed 'Sanctus Fortuna desperata'. Heinrich Isaac (also known as Arrigo il Tedesco – Tedesco meaning "Flemish" in Italian) was one of the most prolific composers of the time and has influence in the Habsburg court. 'Fortuna' had a relationship with the cabalistic 13 number.